For Lent last year, Lucas gave up soda.
I didn't really intend to hold him to it, but I was proud of him for trying.
He blew me away, though, with how dedicated he was to it.
There were many times that I would offer him a soda, forgetting that he couldn't drink it, and he would always nicely remind me that he had given it up and then ask for a water.
I don't think he slipped up one time.
This year when Lent rolled around, I asked him what he wanted to give up and offered to give up the same thing.
He picked chocolate.
I knew there was no way I could give up chocolate--a spoonful of Nutella is a daily requirement for me. Lucas probably could have forged through the 6 1/2 weeks, but without Little Debbie brownies and Oreos he would be left to thrive on bread and crackers alone. I just don't think his skinny little body could survive that.
I finally convinced him to go with soda once again.
Maybe we can try chocolate next year.
As far as the rest of the boys are concerned:
- Ben is giving up soda--a definite upgrade from his usual ridiculous sacrifices.
- Josh is giving up soda by default
- Henry originally wanted to give up rock collecting, but ended up going with bananas. He's been flaunting his soda drinking privileges, so I'm thinking I may need to make up some banana muffins!
